Word Meaning
मय-आशाम
may-āshām
hinoun
Meaning
A wine-drinker; one who imbibes wine.
Detailed Meaning
A compound of Persian origin denoting someone who drinks wine. In this couplet by Iqbal, it represents the conventional drinkers or seekers who hesitate to accept the poet's intense, revolutionary, and revitalizing spiritual message, symbolized by 'Arabic wine'.
Etymology
Persian compound formed from 'may' (wine) and 'āshām' (root of 'āshāmīdan', to drink).
Usage
In classical Urdu and Persian poetry, it frequently symbolizes mystical seekers or lovers who consume divine ecstasy and spiritual truth.
Examples
The gatherer of wine-drinkers at the tavern door.
Hesitant wine-drinkers before a full goblet.
Synonyms
मय-ख़्वारबादा-कशशराबी
Related Words
मयसाग़रमयकदाबादा